Marc Whitten Confirms Remote Downloads For Xbox One

Earlier this week, we reported on a convenient PlayStation 4 feature that allows gamers to download games to their consoles from their smartphones (the console turns on to download it, then goes back to sleep). Today, Xbox exec Marc Whitten confirmed the same functionality via his Twitter account.

You can see the Twitter conversation that confirms the feature below:

Our Take:Having this feature on both of this year's new consoles is fantastic. It's nice to know that little hassles like game updates are a problem that will stay in the past. Downloading games is huge as well, as it's frustrating for gamers to get home from work or school on a game's release day, only to have to wait for a lengthy download. Being able to get the legwork out of the way from your phone guarantees that we'll be spending more time gaming and less time waiting in the future.

What happened to everyone who doesn't want their console always on or connected to the internet? What about our armed forces who don't have access to the internet. Oh that's right, Sony said they are doing it so of course there are no longer any worries.

I want to play my 360,PS3,Arcade,Indie and etc games on Next Gen so whatever console has that then that's the Next Gen console I'll be getting... or whatever Console release another Berserk(Manga) game :D!!

good stuff , but they should try to keep somethings secret about the console. because it seems like a copy console war. usually sony would have a some cutting edge component that would give them advantage. but oh well.

they will be similar so its just like last gen. it all comes down to preference.

I will be picking an xbox one. and its good to know they will be bringing back the option of digital releases.

Although I don't think MS touted this feature as much as Sony, this is not really surprising considering how identical the systems are getting prior to launch. Considering that the one is a triple OS running multitasking media center, this is something that one would take for granted at this point.

I'm tired of hearing all these Sony fanboys saying Microsoft need to stop copping Sony.sony never did anything to a game console that wasn't done by another company first,Sony coppied everything but in some cases made it better.
1- Sony wasn't the first game console
2- Sony wasn't the first to have motion controllers
3- Sony wasn't the first console for online play
In fact Sony just coppied from other companies Sony never was first in anything when it comes to game consoles in fact u could say that it was Sony that coppied Microsoft when It comes to online game play and adding tv to it and that's a fact besides that both companies coppied from other companies.in fact Microsoft was the only ones being innovating this gen
1- if Microsoft would have left the drm like they had it at first I could have went to a friends house and sign in on his system and every game I own would be at his house without taking my disc from my house
2- I would still been able to let ten family members use my game
3- I would still been able to play rented games
4- I would still been able to sell my games and buy secondhand games
5- the best part is that game companies already said that a lot of games on next gen systems will require a 24 hr Internet connection because the game will be changing all the time
I agree that Microsoft didn't do a good job explaining the advantage of the drm change.the fact is people especially Sony fanboys were trashing it before they really understood what it was because it wasn't Sony that did it.i bet anyone that the next system 10 years from now will all be digital.what I don't understand about fanboys is that they are always saying the games are to high but one of the reason why is because of companies like GameStop that screwing developers.
Sony fanboys are the biggest hypercrits I've seen.when the ps3 first came out for $599 they all said that it was a great price because it costs a lot more then that to make but they trashed the price on the xbox1 saying its to high for $499 but it has everything the ps3 had but it is more powerful and have a lot of extras like the knectic and a 4k hdmi cable.in other words I got a lot more for $499 then I did with the ps3 for $599. The best part is I've read an article that said the xbox1 cost a lot more then $100 to make thn the ps4. Sony fanboys also trashed Microsoft about the tv but then praised Sony for doing it later.
The fact is Sony fanboys are childish they remind me when I was about 10 saying my toy is better then yours and it's pathetic.unlike a stupid fanboy I'm buying both console this gen for my son like I did last gen.my son have 300 360 games,over 20 ps3 games and 2 wii u games.they are both great consoles,they both have positive and negative things about them.they will both play about 98 percent of the same games so a person should get what he like but to act like one is better over the other isn't true it's your opinion.a person should buy the system they like and stop acting like a child saying the other person system isn't good because it's pathetic.they should just enjoy the system they have and let the other person enjoy his without all the childish remarks.im almost 50 now and I don't play games like I use to but I could see using the xbox1 a lot more then the ps4 for other entertainment use